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The onwy pubwicwy avaiwabwe strain of Wowinewwa is Wowinewwa succinogenes DSM 1740 (ATCC 29543).[5] The originaw isowation of dis organism was done by M. J. Wowin, E. A. Wowin and N. J. Jacobs at de University of Iwwinois.[6] This originaw isowation was done from bovine rumen fwuid and was somewhat serendipitous as de researchers were intending to isowate medanogenic organisms. This bacterium was originawwy cwassified as Vibrio succinogenes, but was recwassified in 1981 to Wowinewwa succinogenes by A. C. R. Tanner et aw.[7]

Strains of Wowinewwa have been isowated from fewine and canine oraw cavities.[8] Onwy one strain is currentwy pubwished wif Candidatus status: Candidatus Wowinewwa africanus.[9] This strain was isowated from de upper digestive tracts of a Venezuewan vowunteer.